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While most elections in West Africa have been held in a peaceful environment in recent years, various acts of violence have been recorded. What is the nature of this violence and how to eradicate it for good?
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Electoral violence in Côte d’Ivoire in 2011. © UN
Partial legislative elections. Côte d’ivoire 2011. Ballot box. ©UN
Steering Committee Meeting of the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel (UNISS) - 27 October 2017
Lieutenant Mariam Bamba Konaté
A policeman uses a poster to show a woman how to mark a ballot correctly in Freetown days ahead of the country’s presidential elections on 11 August 2007. Thanks to security forces, Sierra Leone organized, in 2007, violence-free election after 11 years of civil war. Credit: IRIN
